Oscar-nominated war photographer killed in Libya battle

MISRATA, Libya (AP)

An Oscar-nominated war photographer and film director was killed Wednesday in the besieged city of Misrata while covering battles between rebels and Libyan government forces.

Three other Western photographers were wounded. British-born Tim Hetherington, co-director of the documentary "Restrepo" about U.S. soldiers on an outpost in Afghanistan, was killed inside the only rebel-held city in western Libya, said his U.S.-based publicist, Johanna Ramos Boyer.

The city has come under weeks of relentless shelling by government troops.